Neonatal care is a huge issue in the United States. Neonatal care has rescued so many premature babies over the years due to the new technology that has been made. Many people believe that neonatal care is a great priority and some people are apposed to this idea, that these children aren 't even worth saving.
Neonatal care is the care of premature or ill newborn infants. The issue of premature and ill infants isn 't a new problem. It wasn 't until 1922 that hospitals started grouping these newborn infants into one area. These ill newborn infants will be put in the neonatal intensive care unit. There are different levels of neonatal care for these premature or ill infants. Neonatal intensive care, for the most seriously ill infants. High-dependency …show more content…
People who are for it are usually the parents, doctors, and nurses. It 's a doctor 's job to do everything they can to try and keep an individual alive. Doctors often base neonatal care with age and other factors that could have caused the baby to be born premature. There are many other problems that doctors look for to put the infant into the neonatal intensive care unit. Some of these problems are breathing issues, bleeding in the brain, heart conditions, gut and digestive disorders, eye problems, jaundice, anemia, and serious infections. There are maternal issues that could cause premature birth. The age of the mother, younger than 16 or older than 40, drug or alcohol exposure, high blood pressure, bleeding, STD 's, multiple pregnancy, and premature rupture of membranes can cause problems for the newborn. The parents will always want there child to get as much care as they can so that they will survive but if the doctors think that there isn 't a chance for the newborn then neonatal care will not be …show more content…
"The most famous case of neonatal decision-making involved Baby Doe. In 1982, Baby Doe was born with Down’s syndrome and a tracheal-esophageal fistula. The parents chose not to consent to the baby having the fistula repaired in surgery, based on the child’s best interests and lack of quality of life associated with Down’s syndrome. Baby Doe eventually died of starvation." (http://www.bioethics.org.au/Resources/Resource%20Topics/Neonatal%20Ethics.html) Parents that have babies that will have various problems growing up or will have medical problems for the rest of their lives don’t always keep the baby. They think that it 'd be easier if the child didn’t receive neonatal care.
Neonatal care is a great thing. So many newborns have been saved from the new technology that has been invented within the years. There should be a line drawn if the infant is born at 22 weeks or earlier. With only a 0-10% chance of living there really isn 't a point in trying to save the child. There should also be a line drawn at if the child will have serious medical issues growing up and later down the road. If the parents couldn 't afford having a child with serious medical problems and problems later down the road, the infant should not receive the neonatal
Neonatal care is the care of premature or ill newborn infants. The issue of premature and ill infants isn 't a new problem. It wasn 't until 1922 that hospitals started grouping these newborn infants into one area. These ill newborn infants will be put in the neonatal intensive care unit. There are different levels of neonatal care for these premature or ill infants. Neonatal intensive care, for the most seriously ill infants. High-dependency …show more content…
People who are for it are usually the parents, doctors, and nurses. It 's a doctor 's job to do everything they can to try and keep an individual alive. Doctors often base neonatal care with age and other factors that could have caused the baby to be born premature. There are many other problems that doctors look for to put the infant into the neonatal intensive care unit. Some of these problems are breathing issues, bleeding in the brain, heart conditions, gut and digestive disorders, eye problems, jaundice, anemia, and serious infections. There are maternal issues that could cause premature birth. The age of the mother, younger than 16 or older than 40, drug or alcohol exposure, high blood pressure, bleeding, STD 's, multiple pregnancy, and premature rupture of membranes can cause problems for the newborn. The parents will always want there child to get as much care as they can so that they will survive but if the doctors think that there isn 't a chance for the newborn then neonatal care will not be …show more content…
"The most famous case of neonatal decision-making involved Baby Doe. In 1982, Baby Doe was born with Down’s syndrome and a tracheal-esophageal fistula. The parents chose not to consent to the baby having the fistula repaired in surgery, based on the child’s best interests and lack of quality of life associated with Down’s syndrome. Baby Doe eventually died of starvation." (http://www.bioethics.org.au/Resources/Resource%20Topics/Neonatal%20Ethics.html) Parents that have babies that will have various problems growing up or will have medical problems for the rest of their lives don’t always keep the baby. They think that it 'd be easier if the child didn’t receive neonatal care.
Neonatal care is a great thing. So many newborns have been saved from the new technology that has been invented within the years. There should be a line drawn if the infant is born at 22 weeks or earlier. With only a 0-10% chance of living there really isn 't a point in trying to save the child. There should also be a line drawn at if the child will have serious medical issues growing up and later down the road. If the parents couldn 't afford having a child with serious medical problems and problems later down the road, the infant should not receive the neonatal